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Jolla signs up India's Intex for first Sailfish licence

2015-07-16 15:38:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Jolla announced its first licensing agreement for the Sailfish mobile operating system, with Indian manufacturer Intex Technologies. Intex is expected to launch the first phones from the agreement late this year. As part of Jolla's strategy to expand in the BRICS countries, the company also said it's setting up a subsidiary in India, Sailfish India, in cooperation with local internet players Snapdeal and Times Internet. The aim is to create a local ecosystem to help differentiate and promote the Sailfish products; more partners will be added to the Indian alliance over time. Within the latest version of Sailfish, Jolla created the PartnerSpace, for the introduction of local services. Various revenue-sharing models will make it possible for manufacturers and service providers to exploit the Sailfish platform. The news comes as Jolla finishes Sailfish 2.0, the latest version of its software. At Mobile World Congress Shanghai, the company also announced that Sailfish OS 2.0 is now available on an optimised LTE reference platform. In order to enable a quick time-to-market for its licensing partners, Jolla has developed a range of optimised Sailfish OS hardware platforms from Qualcomm's Snapdragon 200/600/800 configurations.

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Cable & Wireless obtains TV licence in Anguilla

2015-07-10 23:30:56| Digital TV News

Cable and Wireless Communications (C&W) which now operates Flow, the Caribbean's leading communications service provider,has announced that it has secured the broadcast licence to operate TV services in Anguilla.

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Ghana to require mobile money licence for non-banks

2015-07-09 11:16:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Ghana's central bank (BoG) has introduced a new set of guidelines for telecommunication companies engaged in mobile money services. They will have up to six months to establish a separate business entity to handle their electronic money services. Under the guidelines, which became effective on 06 July, non-banks that have previously been offering mobile financial services in partnership with banks must apply within six months of the guidelines coming into effect for a licence, in order to conform to the new framework. The objective of the latest guidelines, the Bank of Ghana said, is to "ensure that electronic money is only provided by a financial institutions regulated under the Banking Act, or duly licenced non-bank entities which are engaged solely in the business of e-money and activities related or incidental to the business of e-money, and which are regulated and supervised by the Bank of Ghana". Three of the six mobile operators in Ghana - MTN, Airtel and Tigo - are involved in the mobile money business, which has grown from a transaction value of GHS 2.4 billion in 2013 to GHS 11.6 billion last year. The new regulation will mean that MTN, Tigo, and Airtel have a 06 January 2016 deadline to conform to the BoG's requirements.

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